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Corporate America has never been a meritocracy.
I am a woman who is not into girly skills, no aptitude or interest. Corporate America did not especially care about my work ethic, intelligence, expensive education, good grades, etc.
As an entrepreneur, I am fortunate to be able to get rewarded when I create value.
I expect that a lot of successful people here did not have the temperament to 100% comfortably slot into the mainstream of corporate cultures, not because of lack of ability...Whether we were limited by gender or accent or physical appearance or fashion sense or lack thereof etc.
A lot of corporate life is jockeying for hierarchy and credit, rather than simply doing an excellent job.
But, despite having participated in corporate or academic organizations for a very very small portion of my adult life, I promise you that the problems women are reporting in these worlds are unfortunately extremely true.
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